Crawley Mayor for 100 days
Apart from the A264 and the A24 what links Crawley and Worthing?Not a lot on the face of it but the fact is both towns, as well as having a Mayor and Deputy Mayor also have a Youth Mayor and Youth...
View ArticleCuadrilla Balcombe policing costs up to £2.4M
The cost of policing the on-going protest at the Cuadrilla oil-drilling site at Balcombe has now reached an estimated £2.381m.Police say that this figure is estimated to be the total cost for the...
View ArticlePolice appeal after reported attempted rape in Crawley
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman reported that a man tried to rape her in a pub in Crawley in the early hours of today (Sunday 8 September).A police statement says that the 46-year-old...
View ArticleCounty Council Takes Action at Balcombe to Maintain Road Safety
West Sussex County Council has confirmed that it is to remove people, roadside tents, canopies and caravans on the B2036 London Road, Balcombe, in an area close to the site where energy company...
View ArticlePolice crackdown on failure to wear seatbelts
Police are cracking down on motorists failing to wear seatbelts across Sussex.Officers are carrying out enforcement checks across the county this week to catch drivers refusing to obey the law.Sussex...
View ArticleWest Sussex one of the worst counties for blind people, says RNIB
West Sussex has seen one of the biggest drops in care and support being offered to blind and partially sighted people by the local council, a shocking new report by the Royal National Institute of...
View ArticleThief steals £1,300 of foreign money
More than £1,000 in foreign currency was stolen when a thief broke into a home in Maidenbower. The break-in happened in Fowler Close between 7pm-8pm on Friday (September 6). A window was forced and...
View ArticleFamily dog scares away intruder
A dog scared off an intruder who broke into a house in Moorcroft Close, West Green. The break-in happened over night on Friday (September 6). A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “Whilst the resident...
View ArticleStabbing charges dropped
A Crawley man, who was arrested on suspicion of GBH at the Moonraker Pub in Three Bridges in March, has had the charges against him dropped due to lack of evidence. The 52-year-old was charged...
View ArticleMeet my new pal, Hannah Hedgehog!
WALKING to school in the rain is fun! I have to put on my Wellington boots (all four of them!), my raincoat, and my hat. I’ve just started Year 1, so I have lots of exciting work to do in class, and my...
View ArticleWhat’s up Doc?
‘What’s Up Doc’ is a health column in association with Spire Gatwick Park, your local private hospital, which gives you the opportunity to ask questions regarding general health and wellbeing. Answers...
View ArticleOur country would thrive outside EU
From the directives that govern the way we do business, to the all-consuming blackhole into which British taxpayers funding tumbles, the European Union pervades our daily lives like never before.Like...
View ArticleSchools are operating above full capacity
As children across West Sussex have already started a new academic term the Local Government Association shows that the county’s schools are operating above capacity.Almost half of England’s school...
View ArticleTown Tories are well and truly ‘In Bloom’
Summer gives way to Autumn and there are changes In the air.Change appears to be the name of the game right now and with a change comes a new excitement, a new era and a feeling of anticipation. I...
View ArticleSmall gifts make a big difference
On Friday I attended a Race Night for HomeStart CAMHS.Everyone who attended had a great time and thankfully I did not lose my shirt! However, much needed extra funding was raised.The same happened on...
View ArticleBusiness Matters Awards winners announced
The leading lights of the area’s business world gathered to celebrate their achievements and successes at this newspaper’s Business Matters Awards on Friday September 13.Covering Horsham, Crawley, Mid...
View ArticleArrest after man suffers knife wound
A 41-year-old man was arrested for affray following an argument in Southgate Parade, Southgate, which left another man with a knife wound to his hand.Police were called at around 9.25pm on Friday...
View ArticleThieves steal car from driveway
Thieves stole car keys from a house in Ringwood Close, Furnace Green, at 8am on Friday.They then made off with a Land Rover Discovery from the driveway.Witnesses can call 101 quoting serial 0258 of 13/9.
View ArticleNational Youth Film Festival Awards
This newspaper has teamed up with the National Youth Film Festival Awards to showcase the best of teenage UK talent in a short-film contest.The ‘Round My Corner’ competition focuses on family, friends...
View ArticleArsonists torch car
Arsonists abandoned a car in trees in Ifield and set it on fire.Firefighters were called to Prestwood Lane at around 8.35pm on Monday (September 16) to deal with the blaze.
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